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Team Led by Scripps Research Scientists Demonstrates Effective New 'Biopsy in a Blood Test' to Detect Cancer
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Health, and collaborating cancer physicians have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of an advanced blood test for detecting and analyzing circulating tumor cells (CTCs) — breakaway cells from patients’ solid tumors — from ...
- Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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Two San Diego Research Groups Named to Stand Up To Cancer Dream Team
La Jolla, Calif. – Two groups of San Diego researchers — one from Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and the other a collaboration between Scripps Health and The Scripps Research Institute — were named today as part of a new “dream team” to find innovative new ways to ...
- Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
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Health and Wellness
How to Prevent Cancer Every Hour of the Day
If you spend your day sitting in an office or cubicle, it may surprise you to learn that prolonged periods of inactivity at your desk may be putting you at higher risk for certain forms of cancer. According to a new report presented in early November at the annual conference of the American ...
- Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
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Scripps in the News
Dr. William Stanton Discusses Cancer Innovations at Scripps on KPBS-TV
Advances in cancer care was the topic of a recent roundtable interview with Scripps Cancer Center Medical Director Dr. William Stanton and Peggy Pico and Joane Faryon of KPBS’s “Evening Edition.” Dr. Stanton discussed the cutting-edge technology and world-class staff at the Scripps ...
- Friday, December 2nd, 2011
- Scripps Proton Therapy Center
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MD Anderson Medical Physicist to Join Scripps Proton Therapy Center
San Diego – Lei Dong, PhD, an accomplished medical physicist who has spent most of his career at the nation’s top-ranked University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, will join Scripps Health as chief medical physicist of the Scripps Proton Therapy Center. Most recently, Dong served as professor ...
- Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
- Scripps Proton Therapy Center
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Scripps Health & Rady Children's Team Up on Proton Therapy
Scripps Health and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego today announced they will team up to provide advanced proton treatment at Scripps Proton Therapy Center to pediatric cancer patients who need this highly accurate form of therapy. According to the center’s medical director, Dr. Carl J. Rossi, ...
- Thursday, November 17th, 2011
- Scripps Proton Therapy Center
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Health and Wellness
Should You Follow the New Screening Guidelines for Prostate Cancer?
On October 7, 2011, The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published a draft of guidelines recommending against routine screening of men for prostate cancer. Evaluating evidence of benefits and harms of prostate screening in men younger than 75 years of age, the task force recommended ...
- Monday, November 14th, 2011
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National Proton Therapy Leader Selected as Director of Scripps Proton Therapy Center
Dr. Carl J. Rossi, Jr. has joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group (SCMG) as medical director of the Scripps Proton Therapy Center, a $220 million cancer treatment and research facility being built in the Carroll Canyon area of Mira Mesa that is expected to open in spring 2013. Before joining Scripps, ...
- Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
- Scripps Clinic, Scripps Proton Therapy Center
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San Diego’s First Cyclotron Installed Oct. 28 at Scripps Proton Therapy Center
San Diego — Cancer care in San Diego County took a major step forward today with the start of installation of the region’s first cyclotron, a remarkable piece of medical equipment that will be the driving force behind the Scripps Proton Therapy Center, and one of only a small handful of such ...
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Scripps in the News
Targeting Bladder Cancer With Robotic Surgery
Steve Jamison turned to Carol Salem, medical director of Scripps Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Program, to discuss treatment options when he faced a diagnosis of bladder cancer. Robotic surgery allowed Dr. Salem to remove the diseased organ and create a new bladder from a section of intestine, ...
- Thursday, October 27th, 2011